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Shall have small credit
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A PROGRAM. OF PROGRESS
AGAIN The, Journal submits eight
important ; reforms which it
commends to the intelligence
of the Oregon legislators, who
have now completed the fourth week
of the biennial assembly: , '
1. Reformof legislative methods
and abuses, to Abe end that public
confidence: in the legislature may
lo restored and the ose' f the ini
tiative be minimized. It Is yet early
to decider definitely, but many , are
complaining that the present session
ehows little if any improvement over
others that have preceded it,
2. The passage of. a good , roads
bill framed in' a spirit f compromise
tarrying such provisions a-will com
mend it to general confidence and
providing the largest possible encour
agement for road construction. But
little progress in road legislation is
B3 yet apparent,
3. The enactment- of irrigation
legislation, in which there will be
provision, bo far aa the legislature
Is "able to further it,' for giving the
land to the actual settlers at actual
cost, and providing to the utmost ex
tent for the elimination' of 'specu
lators and speculation from, the de-
bauchment of irrigation in Oregon.
Progress on this reform, is evidenced
by the proposed adverse report" In
the senate ways and means commit-
tee on the Deschutes survey.
4. Statutory reform of ", court
practice and procedure for abolish'
ment of notorious laws delays, for
eliminating.., frivolous 'motions and
technicalities, and fori reducing the
cost of litigation, all to the end that
It may be sanely done by those Qual
ified and not be madly done by those
Incompetent to engage in such a re
form. A few bills in this direction
have been Introduced.' But the main
progress seems to be with bills in
creasing the number of Judges and
multiplication of courts.
5. Enactment of a workmen's
compensation law for reducing the
work of courts, for saving the enor
mous waste of money in personal In
jury cases, lor spreading the bene
fits of compensation to all classes of
workmen, and for bringing about a
more harmonious relation between
employer and employe. The bill has
passed the house with only two dis
senting votes. Its fate in the sen
' tte is uncertain. .
6 The passage of an ample.but
cot extravagant appropriation for
properly representing Oregon at the
Panama exposition.
7. - The enactment of a law to reg
ulate the sale of revolvers and the
carrying of concealed weapons as a
means of reducing crimes of vio
lence and making human life more
safe. .The bill Is quietly slumbering
la the senate committee on revis
ion of laws,
8. ' The passage of badly needed
Amendments to the criminal code for
a more effective prosecution o
crime. A conspiracy: statute was un
ceremoniously beaten;, in the senate
Ellis in : the ; house are slowly ad
vancing on the calendar, but, with
no certainty as to their ultimate fate.
To these should be added the Me
Colloch-Hagood bill for safeguarding
the public in the purchase of prop
erty for public uses
It is a program of progress to go
far in restoring, lost confidence In
the legislature- and :l1ninimiziJlrItlI,eKl8lato',9 can d eomething to help
use of the initiative.
With only eleven legislative days
ahead,, the legislature is far short of
carrying out this Ideal program.
: V A ITT ArPOlXTMEXT 1
!T JS announced that James Bryce,
on giving tip the post of British
ambassador - at Washington, has
. been appointed the British, mem
ber of the permanent International
court of arbitration at The Hague."
Is'o higher honor could bis coun
try' confer on one whose worth as
a consistent and reasonable lover of
5vace between nations . bad .bona
proved by lifelong service to that
end. ' " " ' -
Mr, Bryce's last . public appear
ance In this country was at the dln
i;i r given in his honor oh December
1 4 by the American committee : for
the celebration (Jf the peace centen
ary between the two great English
fliaklng countries. -This was the
burden of his speech: I count It
us Llsh a privilege," he said, "as A
i. i.ud to oik lor peace during
ni. fits years, and not vtly for
S ; ri t (crn our two nations, that
' :l FrltSs Empire and that of
the United States, but also for peace
between all the. nations - of the
world.",' -rQ : -::h '. -
Now he is nd longer the trusted
representative of one countrybut as
8umehe duties of an arbltrattonal
judge of the one international court.
To the office he brings not only
the hardly earned knowledge of the
mysteries of International law, but
his long: apprenticeship in the 'af
fairs of nations. .He, better than al
most any living man, can make the
ancient claim, "t am a man, and to
nothing human' do I deem myself
alien." As traveler he has visited
almost . all lands,- and claims wide
friendships in every capital. Not
merely traveler he has studied all
nations, and has reasoned out and
written on the essence of their insti
tutions. The candor and transpar
ent honesty'of his' books commend
him to the multitude of Jila readers.
Mr. Bryce was qualified especial-
y for the mission to . the United
States by the authorship of the clas
sic 'American Commonwealth," be
tokening a sympathy that could not
have been excelled by any native
born. His six years at Washington
have completed Mb fitness to deal
with every issue to be laid before
the Arbitration . Court.
To every Judge of the high type,
to whatever nationality he may be
long, it is as much an Instinct as a
matter of conscience that no par
tiality for country, class, or person.
shall interfere"' with f the austere
strlctneBS of his decisions.
WHY ' OREGON LAGS
I
S THERfi no higher function for a
legislative body than the raising
of salaries and creating new Jobs?
If not, what end does a legisla
ture serve? ' .
For Instance, the Imports and ex
ports in 1911 of San Francisco to
taled 1100,331,439. Puget Sound's
aggregated 184,493,572, Portland's
total was 113,268,174. .'V'A
San Francisco has a territory trib
utary by gravity, of 8D,000 square
miles,? traversed by 6000 miles, of
railroad. Puget Sound's ; territory
made tributary, by gravity is a few
hundred square miles. Portland's
territory tributary, by gravity is 250,-
000 square miles traversed by 8000
miles of railroad and 800 miles of
navigable rivers." . : ".. v - ;
San Francisco with 80,000 square
miles of gravity territory had nearly
eight times as much foreign trade as
had Portland with 2 5 0,0 0 0 square
inlles of gravity territory. Puget
Sound with practically no gravity
territory, had more than six times
as much foreign trade as had Port
land with 250,000 square . miles of
gravity territory,' Puget Sound's in
crease In Imports and - exports in
1911 over 1310 was 318.468,038, or
inore than the total of Portland's
importB and exports.
The figures how the difference In
progress in tne three states. Washr
ingtpn Is forging ahead. ' California
is forging ahead. ' Oregon, with far
greater advantages of ; location, is
lagging behind. Two hundred and
fifty thousand square miles of grav
ity territory eeems to' mean nothingi
to Oregon. - Eight hundred miles of
inland waterways seems to mean
nothing to Oregon. -
Yet, when a plan for developing
Oregon is presented to . that body,
the Oregon legislature turns its back.
When a broad plan for ascertaining
possibilities . as to water powers for
development of manufacturing, com
merce and prosperity is proposed In
the body. Senator Perkins, who hap
pens to be chairman of the senate
ways and means committee, frowns
upon it --v""":
The Deschutes project is a mat
ter in which -all Oregon is concerned.
It Is a matter on which the United
States government offers to expend
$50,000. It is legislation to give
Oregon a chance to move forward, as
California and Washington are mov
ing. It is legislation for giving distant
people a chance to come to Oregon
and help pay taxes, help grow prod
ucts and help make soil yield wealth
It is legislation to attract capital for
establishing Industries, employing
labor and sustaining homes.
It is legislation .that affords the
legslature opportunity to promote
Oregon, to advance Oregon, to en
large Oregon and expand Oregon. It
is legislation, to command the re
spectful consideration of men who
hold themselves large enough men
tally to make laws and direct poli
cies for the state. , .
It is legislation through which the
Oregon move forward as Washing
ton li moving and as California is
moving.
Is the legislature of 1913 to go
down in history with a record of re
jecting such legislation?
IS IT A POSSIBLE REFORM?
BOUT a year and a half ago the
proposition that the Episcopal
church in America should take
active part In the movement
for church unity was considered by
the . general : convention with ap
proval. , It. was admitted that most
solid obstacles had to he overcome
if ' common ground were " to be
reached with ' Congregatlonallsts,
Baptists, Presbyterians, and Metho
dists, But the aim was of sufficient
Importance to be well worth the ef
The Edinburgh Missionary, con
ference of 1910 gave proof that in
the missionary fields of the world
differences in usages of worship In
the appointment, ..otdera, and . cro-
liturgies, and of a prayer book, and
of historic creeds, did not , prevent
the missionaries from presenting
common savior and a common
Bible to the natives among whom!
they worked. Why then should not
the same perspective, apply at home?
It . was also manifest that - the
overpowering need for Christian so
cial service was felt in every branch
of the Churoh of. Christ, at home
even more than abroad, and that the
one great army might be recruited
from , many forces, each of which Is
now waging an independent fight.
But is not the great impulse to
wards unity among all home di
visions of the Church losing its per
vading force? ' ;
In Boston there has been begun
a series of Sunday . afternoon ad
dresses, where ; representatives of
six denominations will "speak frank
ly concerning what they consider es
sential in their conception of the
Church.". The Rev. Alexander Mann,
rector of Trinity church with
which the honored name of Phillips
Brooks will ever be connected--was
heard first.
He found that "as one goes about
from .one great . communion , to an
other," one finds men content today
to confess their faith largely in the
words of the Apostle's creed, or, if
not, in words synonyomus with
them. --K 1 - '
But there the lines of agreement
stopped. . The rest of Dr. Mann's ad
dress had two main divisions. The
first , expressed hl confidence that
in a future re-united church would
be found diversity In public worship
but practical agreement in the faith
of the Incarnation. The second part
admitted that in the last great point
of divergence that of resolute ad
herence to the historic episcopacy,
and to the three-fold ministry of
bishop, priest, and deacon by the
Episcopal churchthere was today
no hope or agreement witn those
'great communions' to which refer
ence had been made. ;
This being the best hope that Dr.
Mann had to offer it is easy to im
agine how his subjects would be
dealt with by representatives of the
other, the "high church" branch of
the Episcopal church. , To them
various points . of t possible conces
sion indicated by Dr. Mann are v as
rockB on which they have anchored
matters of doctrine and . ritual es
sential to them as the very basis of
belief. :Xy;-
It seems then that, after all, so
cial service is, and will be for years
to come, the only common ground of
action between the churches. '
WHAT'S THE ANSWER
r
HE lawyers of the legislature
seem determined to ignore the
emphatic public demand for
court reform, and intend ap
parently to substitute a sweeping In
crease in the number of judges.
- The' Journal submits the Broad
way bridge litigation as an example
ot the Judicial folly that the, lawyers
insist on perpetuating in this . state.
The record of that case , is illustra
tion of an intolerable condition that
awyers and Judges are refusing to
remedy, and against which,' ia any
referendum, the people would vote
twenty to one. ' ' ; y
By an overwhelming vote, the peo
ple of Portland voted an issue of
bonds for building the , Broadway
bridge. They wanted the structure.
It was needed to relieve the conges
tion on the-bridges. , '
It was opposed by certain prop
erty holders. They refuEed to sub
mit to the will of the people, and
found in the courts and court follies
a means ot blocking the bond Issue.
iney resortea to technical pro
cedure. It was a litigation in which
any sane administration , ana sane
system of Judicature should have
ended in a few weeks, or at the most
in a few months, i But by quibbles,
by technicalities, by frivolous moves,
by eavll, by trivialities, they kept the
ltlgatlon in the courts for two years,
three months and nineteen days.
The record of the case runs like this:
November 1, 1909, Duniway filed
the Frank Kiernan suit, asking a
temporary injunction to restrain the
city: from selling Broadway bridge
bonds on the ground, that the pro
ceedings of the. city were Irregular
and the initiative unconstitutional.
January 14, 1910, the city de
murred and on February 15, 1910,
In a hearing before Judges Ganten
bein, Bronaugh and Morrow, the de
murrer was sustained. Meanwhile
there were various proceedings In
court Involving stipulations between
the parties and extensions of time,
February 21, Duniway filed an
amended complaint involving other
technicalities and renewing the peti
tion for an injunction.
April 2, 1910, the answer of the
city was filed and asked that the
suit be dismissed.
AprU 3, 1910, after a hearing,
Judge Morrow ordered certain see
tlons of the answer stricken out
May 10. 1910, Duniway demurred
o the answer.
May 18. 1910, Duniway demurred
to first and second separate answers.
May 21, 1910, Duniway moved for
a decree for,plaintlff utfon the plead
ings. 'V
. May 24, the city moved for dis
missal on the pleadings. -'
May 27, Judge Burnett allowed the
city to withdraw Its motion for de
cree from the files in the case.- .
May 81,. 1910, Judge Burnett re
instated the motion of the city for
a''docree. ' V v;
' June 6, 1910, Judge Burnett de
nied the motions of, both , Duniway
and the city for decrees. : ; , ; '
June 13, 1910, Judge Burnett ren
dered a decree in favor of the city
and against Duniway. .' .
: There ' is not space here to pre
spnt alj, the, record. 'Thn rnja wng
appealed to the state supreme court,
and November 1, 1910, :a decision
Was rendered in favor of the city. ,
, It wajj followed by a second Broad-
way bridge suit and technical pro-!
ceedings ta the circuit court result
ing in a second appeal to the su
preme court and a second finding for
the city. The litigation " did ; not
cease to harass the cocrts until there
was a final appeal in October, 1911,
to the United States supreme court,
and a decision by 'that tribunal dis
missing the case February 19, 1912.
For two years, three months and
nineteen days the people of Portland
had to submiL ; AH that time they
heard complaints from lawyers about
congestion of the courts and need of
more judges.; Ait that time, they
saw the courts used, not to promote
justice, but to harass, handicap and
delay 'Justice. They saw throughout
those" two years, threa months and
nineteen days, the courts used not
to aid the people but to oppress the
people. . , - " : 1
It is a reform of such : practices
that the people are demanding.; Is
the answer of the present legislature
to benot a reform of the practices,
but a multiplication of judges?
H03IE RULE AXD AFTER
O ME rule will set the seal of
political fact upon an economic
emancipation of Irish farmers
and cultivators which has been
long in preparation but slow in com
pletion. '
: The most recent observer of Ire
land revisited la Mr. I. M. Kennedy,
who has very recently recorded his
Impressions in The New Age. , He
finds the bulk of the Irish people in
the three southern provinces giving
far more thought to the practical
problems that confront agricultural
communities than to the form ot
Home Rule. The' real question for
the Irish farmer today is how best
he shall profit by his emancipation.
He"own8 his land. He sees his
Industry as the most Important, the
most stable of all. ' He sees its pos
slbllltles of development But the
ownership of the , land .is but the
first: step, The Irish . farmer must
get; rid of the money lenders who
have preyed on him for a century
and more. He must learn the lesson
ot improved agriculture. He must
solve the problems of transportation,
and so reach the best markets. Ire
land is losing its taste for 'political
talk and is turning to work. Here is
In full Bight, as Mr. Kennedy says,
nothing less than a spiritual as well
as an economic revolution.
Completion of ' economic freedom
will be the first fruit tf the political
freedom Becured by Home Rule.
- The new economics are centered
in the cooperative societies, fathered
by Sir Horace Plunkett, which are of
more importance to Ireland, says Mr.
Kennedy, than Home Rule. " They
have evolved a new spirit of self-
confidence, of self -respect,-. and of
common purpose, . Irishmen of all
creeds and all parties lr.ve found
found that, regardless of religious
differences, they can work together
in harmony, and they do.. In the
cooperative societies Nationalists
and Orangemen stand together for
common ends. And the movement
is spreading everywhere, v '
Joint economic action will heal the
wounds of sectarian and political
strife. So will the vicious inher
itances of past generations disappear.
With a prosperous Ireland the ef
forts of its un-friends' to perpetuate
the old hostilities will fade out and
die, and a united Ireland, an autono
mous Ireland, will prove a content
ed unit in the great sisterhood in
which the1 self-governing colonies ot
Britain find piace.
Letters From trie People
(Conimunlrttiotii Kent to Tbt Jonrntl for
publication in ttali department bould be writ
ten en only one side of the on tier, ibonld not
exceed SOO word .In length and nuit be o
eomptmta or tn nam ma addrew or toe
aender. If the writer doea not desire to bare
the name pubUabed, he ahotud e state.)
Revolver and Rom.
Newport, Or., Jan. 81. To the Editor
of The Journal I sea that the Perkins
revolver, bill has not yet passed .the j
Oregon senate. I can see no good reason
why it should not pass. It Is In the
line of right, Justice and reform. The
Indiscriminate use of the pistol is surely
a ghastly toll on human life. Tha pro
visions of the Perkins revolver bill are
not an Insane or Imprudent regulation.
I heartily agree with you and every
effort in support ot it or any other
really true reform measure.
But In all kindness, when you say to
the readers of The Journal that the pis
tol (even In the hands of bad men) "is
the means of accomplishing more kill
ings than all other agencies combined,"
I beg leave to disagree with Tha Jour
nal most emphatically.'-' You say one
homicide every hour (presumably with
the pistol) or approximately 10.000 per
year, and for the sake of the argument
I admit that to he true, yet while the
platol was the instrument used in thq
killing, intoxicants were the real causa
of the Instrument being used in many
cases. Not less than : 3000 homicides
were committed last year In tha United
States by persons who were under the
influence of alcohollo beverages. 1 - Ap
proximately 200,000 human bodies are
today sleeping, in drunkards' 'graves
Sam's legalised saloons last year. A
ghastly toll on human life of BOO every
day or 20 every hour. It's plain to- ba
seen the liquor killing of this country
exceeds that of tha revolver by 19 every
hour In tha day. In s licensed grog ihoo
at iBurratsvllle, 10 miles from the na
tion's capltol, plans and details were
laid ot the awful conspiracy for the as
sassination of President Lincoln. ' From
that bar-room, inflamed by its poison,
John Wilkes Booth went forth on his
errand ot murder, and thera returned
after he had achieved hi dastardly am
bition, nerved by the inciting force of
liquor 1 History records that Charles
Qulteau was also nerved by it to assas
stnate President Garfield. Leon Csol
goss,. for years a brewery attache, was
reared in a saloon kept by his father
which for years incubated v anarchists
and anarchlstlVi.propoganda. And bred
in that atmosphere tha assasbln of Wil
liam MCKtnley went naturally and
surely to his fate. John Schrank, fol
lowing his attack on Roosevelt said "I
ratr-
a- wairwn rae i" nttut "Tenth "atTTCt;
between avenues B and C, New York
city. I hava beer engaged In the saloon
business as proprietor ana as an em-
niove nearly ail my life, until I docldd
that it was s my, duty to kiU Colonel!
Roosevelt1 Schrank himself mar not
bs a victim of alcoholic vlrua. It mat
ters not here - The fact is that the
liquor traf lo, breeder of vice; crime and
anarchy, and fountain head of debauch
ery and defeneration, was the master of
Scbrank and Caolgoss In the school of
life, and hidden devastation of the peo
pla goes pitilessly on. A train wreck
occurred at Coring, N. July 4. After
an exhaustive Investigation . it was
found the engineer had been drinking.
Too drunk to observe signals properly.
The result was 49 people killed and It
Injured. This muBt bo charged up, not
to the ptstoL but to Uncle Sam's putrid
legalized saloon system. .
- .' . x E. W, DURKEE.
A Prodncer Seeks Solution, J - -Holley,
Or., Feb. 4. To tha Editor of
Tha Journal Tha author of thp Small
Change column, in a recent Issue of The
Journal, offered this Item: "Portland
does sot need . a larger : population so
much as a larger producing element out-
siaa or Portland." -' Permit me to pm
sent a leaf out of our own book of ex
perience as producers. W ware poorly
equipped for farming last year, it be
ing our first year ' here: yet : wa raised
tons or nn vegetables, which are rot
ting on tha ground because exorbitant
freight rates prohibit any attempt to
market tnem. Glva us farmers reason
able freight ratea and lack of produce
will be no excuse for hunger In tha cen.
ters of consumption. There is no limit
to the producing ability, but under these
conditions thera is no incentive to pro
duce. .We would selj and go to New
Mexico, but tha same conditions exist In
that ; quarter. Immense crops of de
licious fruits rot on the ground. Why?
Simply because greedy, profit-gobbling
railroads and commission men loom be.
twlxt tha producer and his market. Lots
of encouragement for tha producer to
produce, Isnf It? v.
As a solution of the problem 1 have
been studying Socialism lately and 'I
must say I almost believe that Socialism
is right' I Ilka the Socialist policy of
ownership and operation of the railroads
and all publio utilities, by the people and
for tha people. I agree heartilv with
their Idea of eliminating tha federal Ju-
uicmry, ior u is piain io d seen the
people will new enaot their own laws
while this blighting power exists. Should
wa get too obstreperous with our HttU
initiative 'and referendum; his highness
can hand us our quietus with tha one
word "unconstitutional," and from his
august decision thera Is , no appeal
vuuw a King no morer I believe Mr.
Wilson is a grand man. bersonaUv and
politically. I believe ha is a man of the
people, pnra minded, Intellectual and
Uon-hearted. But while I earnestly hopa
he may be able to alter tha condition
of tha workers, I fear he will fail, be
causa, it la my opinion, that the pres
ent system of government la outgrown
and that we need a new governmental
garment instead of patches on thA 0I.1
one. Christ pointed out the folly of
putting naw wine into old bottles," and
-" vn a. worn-oui coal. ' So, you
vniisv uur savior, was not a re
former but a revolutionist.- How he de
spised tha greedy oppressor, and how
his heart ached for tha poor and unfor.
nate. Ha was the companion of the
common man from choin h thu t-i
of HeaVen and Earth, Ha Chastised the
profit-takers and condemned riches as a
bar to heaven. Moreover, I believa tho
basio principles of Socialism ara found
ed on his teachings, and I am persuad
ed that It will not reauir mtiih Tnn
evidence to convince me that Socialism
Is the temporal aalvatlon of the world's
peoples.
Anyway, it is up to me to find a way
to market my produce. If Socialism is
ms aunwtr, men welcome Socialism.
' MRS W' H- BKUCE.
" Misspelled Words.
. i-oruana. Or.. Feb. 8, 1918. To the
i-auor or Tha Journal One would
imna, juagmg from the mtsspelled
words painted on windows, . woodwork,
etc., and show cards in various places
of business throughout our city and sur.
rounding- country, .that' Wat were very
mucn. in neea or a spelling inspector,
and also a spelling school for adults.. I
have often wondered why It is that the
average person can not spell the words
m ordinary use In the English lantuaae.
Wa might make some allowance for dear
uncle John in his annual Christmas let
ter to US) where he Informs us that "the
old brindell kow kicked tha buckket
Krlsmas eve," and we might also maks
an occasional mistake In misspelling a
word in our correspondence, but when
it comes to placing these misspelled
words in a conspicuous place where they
are to remain Indefinitely, it Is exceed
ing the "limit , The surprising part of it
is, I have found in calling people's at
tention to one of these examples . of
letter juggling that hot one in 10 had
noticed it, . and I have , been asked:
"What's wrong with it? . How do you
spell ltr I hava kept a list of some of
the words that have been displayed in
our business places for several years.
THE GREAT ACT
By Dr. Frank Crane, ..
Listen! all ye who handle the public.
and I will tell you something to your
advantage. ,;" ',,,"-'" '''''" ' !''H '
I mean you telephone girls, street car
conductors, waiters at table, lunch coun
ter attendants, railway ticket agents
and brakemen, tellers In banks, and
clerks In department stores, and any
body else whos business It is toeal
wun me memners 01 tne common
crowd. ; ' ' ' ' ' '
I will take my text from the words
of Miss Minnie Warner, the highest paid
switchboard operator of the Chicago
Telephone company, as reported In the
newspapers.' Said she: 1 :
"Don't be .mechanical Make . every
roan on tha wire believe that your soft
est tones are for him alone."; ; Further
more, she said: - ...,v. v
Don't ba indifferent Make .every
kicker believe you are broken-hearted
because the Una la busy." ,
I take my hat off to Miss Warner, and
if my wife will let me I would like to
send het a bunch of flowers.
' It Is a great temptation for the busy
clerk to drop Into machine-like ways.
It does not require so much vitality.
v But it ia a mistake; ' I do not refer
so much to the feelings ot the customer,
for perhaps you may not care a hoot
how he or she feels, and all you want
to do Is to fill your time and get your
wages. Besides, you may be so sorry
for yourself that you haven't any sorry
left for customers. - Hence, we. won't
discuss the sentimental side ot tha ques
tion.1 .'- --v--: ' " -
Let us go to the strictly business and
selfish side. Do you know that your
greatest asset la being human? . '
v Ah!";you reply.1, "I'm so tired and
worn out that I have no vitality left
to palaver over people." . " . ''
Then put on politeness. - I mean it.
Act the part if you cannot feel it Form
the habit of smiling, pretend to be deep
ly interested in each person, learn how
to maka your voice sympathetic lay In
a store of agreeable phrases to hand out
to each one. ',-;vV 5 !"'"- . ;. .'..,.
. - This la not hypocrisy It-ls Uuttlmuta.
I)o" you realize that it Is the human
clerk that is in demand, that attracts
customers, that stands tha best chance
I for promotion? " ' ,
"The -publio is a great baby," soma
and I tnust eonfess that I had not tha
time to jot thera all down. On a res
taurant on Madison street, th word
pastry is painted very nicely "pastery."
In the card room of one . of our local
hotels a Bign' that Is otherwise a nice
piece of artistic work, warns players
that gambling is prohibited and that i
rames mar not be Dlaved for money ori'i'"""- "".i""'"'"" aiiempiea
merchandlce, with merchandise spellea
with a c. I have scsn doughnuts spelled
doenuts, , I havs seen . masquerade
spelled maskerade. ; i have aeen black
berries spelled blaeberries. - I have seen
knives spelled knifes. I have seen ap
ples spelled . appels, bananas spelled
banas. Away out on the Oregon cieciric
up Salem wa'yi some sign painter who
bad perhaps been raised on a race track.
has painted and erected a sign on a
tract of land, which is offered for sale.
The sign reads: , "10. 20 and "40 acres
tracks for sale." I went over the brow
of the hill and looked all over that sec
tion of the country for a 10. 20 or 40
acr race track, but J couldn't even find
a' horse track. It is not alonai these
misspelled words that have daily drawn
my attention, but It i also the oddity
of some of the signs. r For instance, a
few years ago barber shop on Haw
thorne avenue l.ad this sign on display:
'Shoes shlned Inside." I think If any
ona of tha .observant kind will maka a
list of the rnlssuelled words that meet
his gate day after day it won't bo many
weeks until he agrees with tna writer
that the average business person of to
day should take a post-graduato course
in some spelling institution. -
Approves the Alternate Stop.
Portland, Feb. 7. To the Editor, of
the Journal I read a letter la last
night's paper, by a Mr. Lewis, protest
ing against tha , alternate street car
stops. He wants an expression from
others-1 will give mlne. I am most
emphatically in favor of tha alternate
stop. I can sea whera there will be a
great many people save five or ten
minutes each way every day. . Think of
the thousands of minutes saved every
day, and as "time is money' in these
days of hustle,. I say lot us.; save: all
tha time- we can. . , ; ' ; o '':v . -
: To think of the cars stopping every
block is absurd. Every one knows that.
with Portland's snort ; blocks, a car
doesn't get under way until It has to
begin to stop. I think I express the
opinion of a great many people when I
say, "Hurrah for the alternate stops."
1 have talked with a lot of people in
regard to it and I find only a very small
percentage opposed to It , I really feel
sorry; for Mr. X.;wls, though, 1 to think
that ne nas to waia a -wnoie- ron
land block to get to his place of busi
ness. How sad, indeed, for tha poof
man! -V'.'- !-- .-- .-'
Perhaps we can petition Mr. Josgetyn
to grant Mr. Lewis the special privilege
of a stop at his proper street and save
his poor, -tired feet that one "whole"
block's walk. . JOB BLISS,
The Ways of the Toiler.
Silverton. Ore., Feb. 6. To tha Editor
of Tha Journal In reply t a letter
printed In your paper entitled "Bead
This. From a Working Man." I would
say that I also have traveled a good deal
since I began to paddle my own. canoe.
Tha writer of the letter states, that ba
has never been broke, a fact that a
traveling working man should be proud
to state. Perhaps it ha had told of some
of tha conditions a traveling working
man has to undergo his letter would
have sounded like a second "Gulliver's
Travels." I have seen men living like
dogs, both in cities and In camps, but
still they ara satisfied to ba in a con
tinual ' struggle for life, occupied ' in
tolling for a few who by the most cun
nlng devices rob them of tha fruits
of their toll rob them s skilfully that
the. poor, blinded masses have grown
to consider eternal toil tha natural stats
of man. Even more, they ara ready to
persecute him who would elevate them,
and.. worship him who would sink them
deeper in baseness and bondage. When
I reflect on this almost hopeless dark
ness ot soul that has marked tha- his
tory of the past and is too much tha
character of the present I do not won
der that it Is very few who have an
inclination .to helo the workinir class.
The people of the United States ara
yet but partially free. They still Inherit
from customs and prejudices the fruits
of an ancestral oppression and a bond
ago of .centuries. ; . '
A good plan for cities to adopt would
be to glva all men applying a chance
to work an hour for a meal and an hour
for a bed, or IS cents worth of gro
cerles per hour. A. P, LIN8COTT. '
- Canal Machinery for Oregon. ":;
Portland, Feb.- "1918. TO the Editor
of The Journal-Why not petition con
gress to bring to this country soma of
the machinery employed In tha con.
struction of the Panama canal, to be
used in tha clearing of logged off land
and the opening up of Oregon slough t
. , . A SUBSCRIBER.
OF BEING HUMAN
body said. '- It's true. ; I'm one of 'em.
I confess I flee a sour ball clerk as I
would a soured glass of milk. Whir nnt
humor tha public then? . .
I know a ticket agent at Wnwf.r
Mass. His name is Jim Heal v. t nn-
slder him the best agent In tha tTnitd
8tates. Because you can't get hlra out
of humor. I used to co Into his offh-s
and pretend to want a railway ticket
Just to get under his delightful Influ-
anna " -
One day a wealthy And rude old lady.
as some ladles are most likely to be
cranky when they get old and insolent
wnen they ara of tlia first families In
town, came nto-ueaiy's office. He was
pusy at his desk, A pile of letters was
stacked up at hla right hand. He was
behind In his correspondence, trr which
siate or things you or I would ba irri
table, ' ' , ,. ' '
The old lady, drew up a chair, ' sat
down by him and with one sweep of her
hand scattered all hla letters over the
floor. -. ! ;.:--... '.A-;-j
"Now," she said, "you .attend Vo me!"
Healy turned around, laid down his
pen, shook hands with hla visitor, and
said,, smiling:
How, do you know, Mrs. Jones, you've
taken a load off my mind. , was Just
wishing I could get rid aomehow of
those pesky letters. Please tell me
what I. ran do for you.". - , 1 ..
He sold that woman over aeven hun
dred dollars' worth of steamer tickets
Why snap at people?. Why show Im
patience? Why treat them with indif
ference? It's all in a lifetime. It's all
part of tha gam.;..': -? ;-.
And nine tenths of your game, be
lieve me, is making people feel pleasant
Are you afraid of being treated Ilka
a dog?' Do you want to assert your
manhood? Then assert it - by not da
cendlng to the yellow dog level of tha
Insolent customer.i ! CfcH-i'
Bg human! Because you are a tele
phone girl you don't have to cultivate
a pie cruat, voice, dead and repulsive.
As a stfeet car conductor you can say
a cheery word to the tired old woman
with a basket As a.brakeman you .can
iMaJt-a'W)tl-eaee-fiiU-( people warm
In the cockles of their hearts, i .
Bo human, Bade, eveh at your counter
In the department sore. Take It from
me, it's money in your pocktt; beilds.
oeld
joull think more of yourself.;
5 ,
Wilsonian Simplicity '
. From the Boston Globe,
Social life at the White House re
mains extraordinarily simple, notwith-
atandlng the great rowth of preelden-
to bring back the somewhat courtly at
mosphere or the Washington and Adam
administrations, which Jefferson rudely
dispelled. 1
The president of the Vnlted States i
the most powerful and often th mot
distinguished political official in tha
world: yet no little princeling, lording
it over a square mile of sovereignty,
leads an existence bo plain ocJ bears
himself so modestly. , Our democracy
has triumphed in that reepectj at least
ana here at any rate wa do! not glva
the Ho to our professions. )
Wo are so democratic. Indeed, that it
is a question if social functions In our
official life ara not a failure. : There is
a pretty, general agreement, now It Is
a tmng or tna past that tne inaugur.
ball was not a success; the attendance
at that function declined one fourth in
the 20 years between 18S9 and 1909.
Nor are White House receptions un
qualifiedly successful. They may be
brilliant affairs la the eyes of thfe fam
ily 01 a new congressman from a new
country, but soon or late they cease to
Impress, and became a bore. ' At them
older ; members of T the official circle
meet with deprecations and ; apologies
and when they greet a forelgneri accus
tomed to tha courts of royalty they art
uneasy lest he bs laughing in his gold
braided sleeve. ' ' . ,
The constituent elements of tha gath
ering necessarily must ba representative
of all our social diversities. Democracy
makes that necessary. And there la
nothing to stop men from getting Into
the senate and thence into the East
room so suddenly as to leave thera no
time to order their first swallow tall
or their wives to find a, Washington
dressmaker. ,
Pomn and ceremony ara as alien to
America as orange trees are' to New
England. - A White House reception,
therefore, is too simple to be a' pageant
and too stiff to be a pleasure.! .
To many poor presidents the state
dining room, has been like an! altar of
sacrifice, the Blue room blue indeed, and
thai Green room a place where, in a
green and yellow melancholy, they must
stand like Fatlence on a : monument,
smiling, at grief. Lincoln, who . untd
dally to enjoy throwing open jils office
door and submitting to the pulling and
hauling of a mob of callers his "public
opinion bath," he called it coitld
endure the ordeal of a state ulr
an evening reception, where he lent the
passing throng his big while-gloved
hand often without seeing a faie before
him or hearing any of the f 10000 per-
functory words adressed to him.
cieve-
land never well dissembled his reluc
tance on like occasions. -. ; :
If Mr. Wilson really looks upon tha
formal White House receptions as idle
and irksome things he should ba made
free to discontinue them. -
We ought to be enough of a democ
racy to recognize the- equal right of the ,
president with every , other citizen to
eat and associate with whom he chooses
out of " office hours and . that at
least we have not hired his wife and his' .
entire family to do our bidding. With
a little practice we ought still further
to progress In demooracy until we ara
above running after Tany man, even a
president, and counting it a privilege to
shake his nana.. , ,.
Perhaps this course of instruction by
the schoolmaster president may be in
store tor us. If so, he has opened It",
very wall by exemplifying rather than
preaching this higher form of democ
racy. For, have you noted that ha bus
mot ; accompanied his acts with any
flourish of trumpets or any protesta-
tlons of virtue? - ' : -
1. 1 ' I m.. w.tiMM.
Senator tsaney s erecting into a pnn
nlnlit hla refusal to nut on a dress coat
Simplicity is not a quality to be pa- -
raded, a merit to be boasted, a thing to
talk about The minute it is made a
virtue it becomes a vice a humbug and
a nuisance.
Wilsonian simplicity appears to be
the right brand. . -
News Forecast of tie
doming Week
Washington, - Feb. I. Monday is tha
day fixed by the senate for taking a
final vote on the much discussed Bhep-pard-Kenyon
bill prohibiting shipments
of liquor Into state where prohibition
laws ara In effect
- Hearings In the suit to dissolve the
United States Steel corporation , ara to
be Tesumed ' Monday. a The government
ha Tirarf liolltf rnnMllilod ita IntrodutV'
now present Us side of tha case. Among
Its witnesses probably will be Judge
Elbert H. Gray, chairman of the corpo-'
ration! James A. Farrell, president, and
Henry C. Frlck and Other of , the di
rectors.'''"":' " - r ' -'; '' '
The two houses of congress will meet
in joint session In tha hall of the house
on Monday for tha purpose of counting
the electoral votes and formally declar
ing the election of Woodrow Wilson and
Thomas R. Marshall as president an
vloa president respectively, - --'
Monday morning is the time set for
tha start ot tha suffragists from New
York city on their "hike" to Washington.
The marchers - expect to arrive in the
capital on March 1, In time to partici
pate in the great suffragist parade and
demonstration to ba held on the eve of
the Inauguration of President Wilson.
Wednesday, the anniversary of the
birth of Abraham . Lincoln, will be ob-
arvea as usual in many pans 01 tne
country.. One of the most notable fee
tures of the celebration will be the dedi
cation of Lincoln hall, a magnificent
Illinois as a memorial to Lincoln, . -
Progressive leaders from ell parts ot .
tha country will attend the Lincoln -birthday
banquet at tho Hotel Astor In
New York city, ' Colonel Roosevelt and
former Senator Beverldge,- of Indiana
Will be the principal speakers.
.'I tm.UI . A.K w v B " " MV... W U,l"
quet' In Kansas City, . with uoverior
Eberhart of : Minnesota as tha ".chief
srjeaker Baron Von Bernstorff.
German ambaBS.tdor. will
banquet of the Lincoln Momoi
elation in Kpnngrieia, in.,, atyj Senator
Boran oi laano win oa nearo
lar gathering in Baltimore.
Tha . late Vice President .. James
Sherman will be honorcdf by memorial
services In tha senate Bfiturday. Presl.
dent Taft, his cabirje and a large num
ber of distinguished people, will attend.
Michigan Republicans will ( hold a
state convention, 'at Lanslns Tuesday n
name candldatfs for the euprems court
bench and minor state officers to be
voted for at the spring election.
Brigadier General James Allen, ehlef
signal officer of , the army, will roach
the age limit .for active service Thurs-
w
dayti On the sama day. Rear Admiral
Joseph B, Murdock will be retired from '
the navy on account of age,
Other events of tha week will Include
the schedule meetings ot the American
and National Baseball leagues In New
.XojktXUbaJpeeUnsLfif .UteOeglBlaUvs
assemblies in Alberta and Nova Scotia,
and a special convocation of Queers
utijverslty, at Kingston. Out., to confnr
tho honorary degree of LI,. IX on the
lliike of Connaught, governor general or
Canada. . ......